Manifolding book



Sept. 7, 1937. A. R. LAWSON MANIFOLDING BOOK Original Filed Aug. l, 1931 @EEE Patented Sept. A7, 1937 MANIFOLDING BOOK Albert R. Lawson, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., assignor, by mesne assignments, to American Sales Book Company Inc., a corporation of Delaware Application August 1, 1931, Serial No. 554,411 Renewed March 5, 1937 5 Claims.

lIliis Vinvention relates to manifolding means of. the type in which a plurality of manifold units, each complete with record leaves and transfer means are bound together to form a In constructingthe present book the following objects have been in min-d:

. (a) To provide afbook in which all the parts of a unit are safely held in proper relative position whether the unit is in position in the book or removed therefrom, thus ensuring proper register at all y.times and enabling records, when desired, to be partly made while the unit is in the CII bookand completed after removal, and making the units suitable for use in dating or other recording machines.

(b) To soarrange each unit that alterations cannot be mad-e in any entries thereon unless the parts of the unit are separated in such a way as to call attention to the fact that alterations might have been made.

I attain my object by folding a sheet of paper upon itself to form two relatively superpose-d record leaves provided with a stub or stubs by which the sheet may be bound in a book and which are also connected by gumming adjacent their ends remote from the fold so that any sheet may be torn from the book with the recordV leaves connected at each end.

1 Aoarbon leaf or leaves are connected to between the parts of the folded sheet, and also extra leavesfor record purposes as may be desired. V'Ihemanifold units so formed ar-e also formed with lines of weakness so that the parts may be readily separated eitherbefore or after detachment from -the book;

vvThe invention is hereinafter more specifically described and is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in whichv Fig. 1 isa perspective view of a manifolding book constructed in accordance with my invention, one unit having been removed;

Fig. 2 a perspective view of a -detached unit;

Fig. 3 va perspective view of a unit separated into its parts; and Y Figs. 4- to 9 side elevations of various modified forms of the invention.

In the drawing, like numerals of reference indicate Vcorresponding parts in the different figures.

Referring particularlyto Figsl to 3 of the drawing, l isa'book cover such as commonly employed in manifolding books and which is prof vided-with the usual stop `sheet 2-such as commonly'used to prevent duplication lof entries on manifold units positioned below that being used.

Each manifold unit in this embodiment comprises an integral sheet of paper folded at -3 to form two record leaves 4 and 5.

Each record leaf is shown as provided with a stub 4a, 5a whereby each leaf is bound into the book. Interposed between the leaves 4 and 5 is a carbon sheet 6, which is preferably carbonized on its under side only. Adjacent the stubs 4a, 5a the three leaves are secured together by an adhesive indicated at l. Between the line of attachment and the stubs is formed a line of weakness 8. The complete unit may thus be detached along this line of weakness leaving all the parts secured together in their original relationship. A second line of weakness 91s also provided between the line 0f adhesion and the record leaves so that if the parts are torn along this line the parts are separated save that the record leaves themselves are connected at the line of fo-ld 3. They may then be readily torn apart along this line and three separate sheets obtained.

In Fig. 4 I show a modification of the invention in which the carbon leaf only is provided with a stub bound into the book. In this form also the unit is separable from the book as a whole in a connected condition, and otherwise treated as a unit, such as shown in Figs. 1 to 3.

InV Fig. 5 I show a unit in which a third record leaf IG is interposed between the other record leaves and is provided with a stub lila to be bound in the book. The carbon sheet 6 is shown as folded upon itself to embrace the third record leaf l0 and is carbonized alternately on opposite sides so that its impressions are made on an underlying record leaf only. It is provided with the stub 6a by means of which it is bound into the book. The record leaves and carbon sheet are connected by an adhesive and lines of weakness 3 and 9 are provided for the purpose hereinbefore described.

In Fig. 6 I illustrate another modication of the invention in which a translucent record leaf H is provided overlying the carbon sheet, which, in this case, will be carbonized on each side so as to transfer to the upper surface of the lower record leaf and the under surface of the transluv cent leaf, which thus forms a third copy.

In Fig. 'l I show a modification of the construetion of Fig. 5. In this form two separate carbon sheets 6 and i3 are provided, the second carbon sheet I3 having a stub I3a adapted to be bound in the'book with the other stubs.

In Fig. 8 Ifshow another modification of the construction of Fig. 5. The folded carbon sheet 6 being formed with a stub 6a at each end adapted to be bound into the book.

Fig. 9 shows a construction similar to Fig. 8, but with all the leaves disconnected at their free ends.

In all the forms shown a complete unit is adapted to be torn from its stub or stubs. All the parts of the unit being still held in proper relative position while the parts are readily separable either before or after the-unit has been removed from the book.

It will be noted furthermore that in the different embodiments of the invention a protective pocket is provided for the carbon leaf of each manifolding unit. This protective pocket, as clearly seen in the drawing, is formed by the upper and lower record leaves positioned at both sides or faces of the respective carbon leaves, and is closed at opposite sides thereof by the attach- `ments of the leaves adjacent to the stub or binding ends thereof and also at the remote or free ends. rIhe pocket, as thus closed at Aopposite sides,'provides a protection for the carbon leaf both when the record or manifolding units ,are attached together in the book, or when they are individually removed. The carbon leaves. are thus maintained at all times in their correct inscription transfer position with reference to the record leaves, and tearing, marring, or otherwise injuring the carbon leaves is avoided in a very material degree. In the embodiments of Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the protective pocket is provided by the upper or original record leaf and the lower or copy record leaf which in these forms is the duplicate copy leaf. In the forms of Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the lower record leaf of each unit, forming the lower side of the protective. pocket, is the triplicate copy leaf. The protective pocket of Figs. and 8 is reinforced by the folding of the carbon. sheet at the outer or Yfree end of the unit substantially co-incident with the fold or connection between the upper and lower record leaves.

While it is preferable to make the original and duplicate record leaves integral, it is evident that they may be connected at their free ends, as, for example, by using an adhesive. Their arrangement possesses some .advantages as the two sheets may thus be made of different colors, as also thevtriplicate, which makes them all readily distinguished.

It may be preferable to make the carbon sheet shorter than the record leaves, so that the latter may be readily gripped to separate them from the carbon sheet.

The manner of operating the book is very simple. The stop leaf of the cover is first foldedY in between the upper unit in the book and the units underneath. yThe original or upper record leaf may then have any desired entries made thereon which will be duplicated on the other record leaves of the unit. Thereafter the unit as a whole may be removed from the book and used if necessary where subsequent entries or checkings have to be made in other departments. After all entries have been madeV the units can be separated into their individual elements as hereinbefore described. So also any unit may be removed from the book and used for any desired purpose as, for example, receipts for goods, documents, etc. and bank deposit slips.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A manifolding record book including a plurality of record units each including a'carbon leaf, the carbon leaf of each unit having an extension forming a binding stub by which it and the unit are bound in the book, a record leaf positioned at one side of said carbon leaf and a copy record leaf positioned at the opposite side thereof in transfer relation therewith, both of said record leaves being united to said carbon leaf outside of the binding.

2. A manifolding record book including, in combination, a plurality of record units each including a carbon leaf, a binding, the carbon leaf of each unit having an extension forming a bindingv stub by which it and the unit are bound in the binding, a record leaf positioned at one side of said carbon leaf and a copy record leaf positioned at the opposite side thereof in transfer relation therewith, both of said record leaves having attachment to said carbon leaf outside of but adjacent to the binding, and a transverse severance line of weakness for each unit positioned between the binding thereof and said attachment whereby the unit may be severed from the binding while the record and carbon leaves of the severed unit remainconnected byv said attachment.

3. A manifolding record book including, in

fer relation therewith, both of said record leaves' having attachment to said carbon leaf outside of the binding, and severance lines of Weakness for each unit spaced apart and positioned respectively adjacent to I.and at opposite sides of said attachment between the recordy and carbon leaves, one of saidvlines of weakness being positioned between saidnattachment andy said binding whereby the record unit may be detached from the binding While the record and carbon leaves remain connected by said attachment, and another of said lines of weakness being positioned beyond said attachment from the binding whereby the record and carbon leaves may be severed from each other by severance along the last mentioned line o f weakness.

4. A manifolding record bookk including, in combination, a binding, a plurality of record units-each includinga carbon leaf, the carbon leaf of each unit having an extension forming a binding stub by which it and the unit are bound in the binding, a plurality of r record leaves in each unit including an upper record leaf posig tioned at one side of said carbon leaf and a lower copy record leaf positioned at the opposite side thereof in transfer relation therewith, said upper and lower record leaves having attachment to said carbon leaf outside of the binding, an additional carbon leaf for each record unit attached'to said first mentioned carbon leaf of the unit at the end Yportion thereof opposite to said binding, certain of the record leaves of each unit both above and below the carbon leaves having attachment with eachother at end portions thereof oppositevto said binding so as to form a carbon leaf enclosing pocket closed at opposite ends thereof. l,

5. A manifolding record book including, in combination, a binding, a plurality of record units each including a carbon leaf, the carbon leaf of each unit having an extension forming a binding stub by which itand the unit are bound in the binding, a plurality of record leaves in each unit including an upper record leaf positioned at one side of said carbon leaf and a lower copy record leaf positioned at the opposite side thereof in transfer relation therewith, said upper and lower record leaves having attachment to said carbon leaf outside of the binding, an additional carbon leaf for each record unit attached to said first mentioned carbon leaf of the unit at the end portion thereof opposite to said binding, certain of the record leaves o-f each unit both above and below the carbon leaves having attachment with each other at end portions thereof opposite to said binding so as to form a carbon leaf enclosing pocket closed at 15 opposite ends' thereof, and severance lines of weakness for each unit spaced apart and positioned respectively adjacent to and at opposite sides of said attachment between the record and carbon leaves, one of said lines of weakness being positioned between said attachment and said binding whereby the record unit may be detached from the binding while the record and carbon leaves remain connected by said attachment, and another of said lines of weakness being positioned beyond said attachment from the binding whereby the record and carbon leaves may be severed from each other by severance along the last mentioned line of Weakness.

ALBERT R. LAWSON. 

